Octave Method for Drop E : 8-String Guitar
Major Scales & Arpeggios


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Octave Method for Drop E Eight String Guitar


Fretboard navigation method for Drop E :
8-string guitar based on an instrument specific modification of the CAGED guitar method, using linked octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use.


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Octave Method for Drop E : 8-String Guitar


Fretboard navigation method for Drop E :
8-string guitar based on an instrument specific modification of the CAGED guitar method, using linked octave shapes rather than open position chord shapes for ease and simplicity of use.

Octave Method for Drop E: 8-String Guitar Paper Book


ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : General

In BLOGoZON No.695 the box shapes for the A minor scale (aeolian mode) were presented for
8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE) using the standard AGEDB octaves guitar system for Drop E.

In this BLOGoZON we take a look at the A minor scale (aeolian mode), again, but with 3nps shapes and join them all together for 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE) to form one long AGEDB octaves chain.

AGEDB octaves logo : 8-String Guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)

Below the A natural octave sequence is shown for 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE).

AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE): A natural octaves fretboard

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A natural octaves

GuitarPro6 fingerboard: A natural

The diagram that follows shows all seven of the AGEDB octaves shapes for use with the
box shapes for 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE).

AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE): A natural octaves (3nps) fretboard

8-String Guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE) : A natural octaves (3nps)

The diagrams that follow show all of the A minor scale (aeolian mode) notes plotted over the
8-string guitar's (Drop E - EBEADGBE) fretboard in the AGEDB octaves and GuitarPro6 styles.

AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) : A minor scale (aeolian mode) fretboard notes

GuitarPro6 fingerboard : A minor scale (aeolian mode)

GuitarPro6 fingerboard: A minor scale (Drop E: 8-string)

As always a more long term solution to fretboard navigation is to see scales as INTERVAL shapes
rather than note names - as these are universal to all scales, arpeggios and chords rather than
specific to one particular root note - with this in mind the intervals for the
A minor scale (aeolian mode) are detailed below in the AGEDB octaves manner.

AGEDB octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) : A minor scale (aeolian mode) fretboard intervals

The tables and tabbed panels below detail all seven box shapes for the
A minor scale (aeolian mode) in the AGEDB octaves style.


ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps box shapes

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AGEDB octaves A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 5Am3Gm1 box shape (3nps) pdf

AGEDB octaves A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape (3nps) pdf

AGEDB octaves A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 8Em6Em4Em1 box shape (3nps) pdf

AGEDB octaves A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 8Em6Em4Dm2 box shape (3nps) pdf

AGEDB octaves A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape (3nps) pdf

AGEDB octaves A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape (3nps) pdf

AGEDB octaves A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 7Bm5Am3 box shape (3nps) pdf

AGEDB octaves A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 5Am3Gm1 box shape at 12 (3nps) pdf


ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps box shapes

  • 5A3G1
  • 8G6G3G1
  • 8E6E4E1
  • 8E6E4D2
  • 7D4D2
  • 7B5B2
  • 7B5A3
  • 5A3G1 at 12

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 5Am3Gm1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 8Em6Em4Em1 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 8Em6Em4Dm2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 7Bm5Am3 box shape

GuitarPro6 (8 string : Drop E) A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps : 5Am3Gm1 box shape


ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps box shapes

  • 5A3G1
  • 8G6G3G1
  • 8E6E4E1
  • 8E6E4D2
  • 7D4D2
  • 7B5B2
  • 7B5A3
  • 5A3G1 at 12

AGEDC octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 5Am3Gm1 box shape (3nps)

AGEDC octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 8Gm6Gm3Gm1 box shape (3nps)

AGEDC octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 8Em6Em4Em1 box shape (3nps)

AGEDC octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 8Em6Em4Dm2 box shape (3nps)

AGEDC octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 7Dm4Dm2 box shape (3nps)

AGEDC octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 7Bm5Bm2 box shape (3nps)

AGEDC octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 7Bm5Am3 box shape (3nps)

AGEDC octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor scale (aeolian mode) : 5Am3Gm1 box shape (3nps) at 12


Once the individual box shapes have been assimilated all five shapes should be linked together and played in one continuous exercise (with the first shape - 5Am3Gm1 - being repeated at the 12th fret).


The complete TAB for the previous exercise follows:-

GuitarPro7 TAB: A minor scale (aeolian mode) box shapes (3nps)


The box shapes for the previous exercise follow:-

A minor scale (aeolian mode) box shapes (3nps)

ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps
Box shapes pdf & GuitarPro6 TAB pdf

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AGEDC octaves (8-string guitar : Drop E - EBEADGBE) A minor scale (aeolian mode) box shapes (3nps) pdf

GuitarPro7 TAB: A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps box shapes pdfGuitarPro7 TAB: A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps box shapes pdf


ABEDC octaves : 8-string guitar (Drop E - EBEADGBE)
A minor scale (aeolian mode) 3nps
Overall fretboard box shapes

AGEDB octaves A minor scale (aeolian mode) box shapes (3nps) : fretboard notes pdf

AGEDB octaves A minor scale (aeolian mode) box shapes (3nps) : fretboard intervals pdf


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